Years in the making. April 29th 2016. A historic day for Film Helicopters. We received our STC for the Airbus 350&355 camera brackets. We can now carry up to 175lb payloads on the single pole bracket and 300lbs on the dual pole sytem. How cool is that. Next step FAA …Read More
Rick Mercer Report Uses Film Helicopers for the Show
Film Helicopters was invited to be part of the Rick Mercer Report airing on November 3, 2015. Film Helicopters filmed all the aerial footage of the Lancaster Bomber using the Cineflex for the show. What a great experience. Film Helicopters flew a lot of sequences where the two aircraft were 100ft apart and …Read More
Slate 24 Productions Uses Film Helicopters
Slate 24 Productions came by to use the helicopter with the Cineflex mounted onboard for a new tourist advertising video showcasing Niagara Falls from above. It was great to deal with Slate 24 Productions and hopefully we can do it again!
Nights Camera Action
Night testing is now complete for the MD500, Astar/Twinstar. All brackets that we have built to date can now fly at night. For the MD500 we had to design and install our own system on the 500. This allows the choice of one or 2 light. I opted for HID …Read More
New MD500 Fitting 175 lbs and 3 Inches Forward
Load testing and flight testing is now complete using our gooseneck fitting which also goes on our Astar/Twinstar bracket as well. The camera package is now good to 175 lbs and the gooseneck fitting takes us an additional 3 inches forward. This gives us a larger field of view from …Read More